Audrey Page & Associates Résumé Template

AUDREY PAGE & ASSOCIATES RÉSUMÉ TEMPLATE

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Profile

• This section is an overview of who you are professionally including your attributes, skills, and experience. That is, this section is your value proposition worded in a way suitable for your resume • It needs to be tailored to the area of work you are applying for. • Keep it short.

EXAMPLE: (suitable for an administrative/ receptionist role in a medical practice)

I am a conscientious and detail orientated Cytologist / medical diagnostic professional with a demonstrated capacity to work effectively in a busy and collaborative team environment. I have significant experience in using electronic and hard copy medical information systems and the maturity to manage confidential medical documentation.

Key Skills / Experience

This is where you have a short achievement statement listed under your major abilities that back up what you say in your Personal Profile above. (These achievements are also listed in full below each role in which they occurred). Both here and under each role, achievements need to be tailored to show relevance to the requirements of the role you are applying for. Include a mix of technical/specialist competencies as well as more general people and business-related ones and be particularly aware of clearly outlining transferable skills. Below are examples suitable for an administrative/ receptionist role in a medical practice:

• Effective communication

• Customer service

• General administration

• Cytological Microscopy

• Medical Reporting & Communication (written & verbal)

• Training

• Administration

• Data entry

• Document Processing/Filing

• Electronic Medical Records Management

• Quality Assurance.

• Safety awareness

Name Page 1 of 3 Career Summary (still on page 1)

Start with your most recent role and include details of your career history over the past ten or so years, but include earlier experience if relevant to the role you are applying for. This is a snapshot of your career which will give potential employers a sense of your progression and experience and so should be on Page 1 of your resume.

ABC Pathology Lab Cytology Team Leader 2010 – 2016

Cytology Team Member 2005 – 2010 DEF Pty Ltd 2000 – 2005 Position

Various roles in xyz industry prior to 2000

Qualifications (still on page 1)

Include your most significant qualification(s) on page 1.

ONWARDS

Work Experience

Start with your most recent employer

ABC Pathology Lab Dates (Years only) Insert 1 – 2 lines about what the organisation does. E.g.:

ABC Pathology Lab is a medical testing laboratory employing over 500 staff. The organisation is committed to providing high quality pathology services to general practitioners, medical specialists, nursing homes and private hospitals.

Position Title E.g. Cytologist

Responsibilities

. This section can be a short 3 – 5 line paragraph outlining the main purpose of your role, its key responsibilities. Alternatively, present key responsibilities in a short bulleted list, no more than 3-5 points. . Avoid a “cut and paste” from a job description or a long, detailed list of tasks. . Use present tense for responsibilities, e.g. “Leading a team of xxx”, “Designing xxx system”.

Achievements

. Provide statements that describe your major achievements. These need to include both the WHAT and the SO WHAT of what you did, i.e. describe succinctly your key input and what the end results and benefits were. . There are several ways of expressing these such as “Did x and got y” or “Got y by doing x”. . Include tangible measures of success wherever possible. E.g. % or $ relating to growth in revenue, reduction in errors, improvement in customer satisfaction or team engagement, reduction in processing time and cost, improvement in quality or accuracy, achievement of individual or team targets, improvement of morale or productivity.

Name Page 2 of 3 . Starting with an action verb, use past tense for achievements, e.g. “Reduced customer complaints by x % by doing yyy”.

EXAMPLE:

Responsibilities

. Microscopically examine and diagnose gynecologic and non-gynecologic slides for infectious, pre- malignant, and malignant disease processes. . On a daily basis document interpretations to include the total number of slides screened and the total number of hours spent screening. . Communicate results clearly in both written format and verbally . Maintain specimen integrity and patient identification of all samples examined. . Enter and/or report results into the laboratory information system, as applicable. . Maintain confidentiality of patient test results. . Adhere to and document required quality control activities.

Achievements

. Regularly complimented by Manager on quality of written reports, and known for clarity and listening skills in verbal interactions. Produced high output for all written reports. . Mentored team members successfully in a variety of tasks including filing and general administration . Etc

Professional Development

. Include qualifications, certificates, training courses completed, etc. . Avoid long lists of every course you have attended. Consider summarising them or even grouping them into types of training.

Interests

. Mention interests if they add value to your application i.e. they highlight qualities that will show a good fit with the role you are applying for. . May include languages, sports. Voluntary work can be highly regarded.

EXAMPLE:

Outside of work I coach my local under 15 soccer team.

NOTE: While there are no golden rules, aim for 3 to 4 pages maximum for your Résumé.

Name Page 3 of 3